Nepal, Jan. 6 -- Mental health and human rights are complementary approaches to the betterment of human beings

While talking about our conditions on mental health status, Article 35 of the Constitution of Nepal prescribes only about the physical health of citizens, not about the conditions of mental health issues. As mental health-related policy, plans and strategy were incorporated in the 2019 National Health Policy, the 1996 Mental Health Policy was automatically cancelled.

Mental health is a major concern worldwide and Nepal is not an exception. If we evaluate the developments in the field of mental health, the pace appears to be slow in Nepal. Dr. Brock Chisholm, the first director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), in ...